Pausanias Analysis

Passage 3.7.2

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Passage 3.7.2: Prytanis' reign: first hostility between Sparta and Argos

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

Εὐρυπῶντος δὲ υἱὸς γίνεται Πρύτανις. ἐπὶ μὲν δὴ Πρυτάνιδος τοῦ Εὐρυπῶντος τὸ ἔχθος τε Λακεδαιμονίοις ἤρξατο τὸ ἐς Ἀργείους καὶ ἔτι τοῦ ἐγκλήματος τούτου πρότερον Κυνουρεῦσιν ἐπολέμησαν· τὰς δὲ ἐφεξῆς ταύτῃ γενεάς, Εὐνόμου τε τοῦ Πρυτάνιδος καὶ Πολυδέκτου τοῦ Εὐνόμου βασιλευόντων, ἐν εἰρήνῃ διετέλεσεν οὖσα ἡ Σπάρτη.

English Translation

The son of Eurypon was Prytanis. It was during the reign of Prytanis, son of Eurypon, that hostility first arose between the Lacedaemonians and the Argives; even earlier they had already waged war against the Cynurians. But the following generations, while Eunomus, son of Prytanis, and Polydectes, son of Eunomus, were kings, continued to dwell in peace at Sparta.

Proper Nouns

Eurypōn (Εὐρύπων) person
Eunomus (Εὔνομος) person
Also in: 2.36.4 4.4.4
Kynourians (Κυνουρεῖς) person
Also in: 3.2.2
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Polydektes (Πολυδέκτης) person
Also in: 1.22.7
Prytanis (Πρύτανις) person
Argives (Ἀργεῖοι) person
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
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